noun [from geography and Shakespeare, 2005] 1. A small forest of words in the great metropolis of Brooklyn 2. A collection of ruminations, photographs, and lists on topics including (but not limited to) books, writing, movies, television, theatre, current events, publishing, food, and nonsense 3. The blog of Cheryl Klein, reader, writer, children's books editor, and busy lady about town

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Okay, so that punch line isn't really funny. But 33 years did indeed come knocking for me on Thursday, and in lieu of birthday gifts, I solicited jokes on Twitter, promising one random respondent a copy of Second Sight. Today I compiled all the jokes here and asked for a random number between 1 and 29 on Twitter, and @Knockknockjoan (appropriately enough) replied with "14." So the 14th person on this list won the book -- congratulations, Kerry O'Malley Cerra!

lindseybillyLindsey Billingsley -- Why did the tomato turn red?
Because he saw the salad dressing.

WPAdmirerSarah Bewley -- A horse walks into a bar. The bartender says, "Why the long face?"

gailshepherdgail shepherd -- What is a superhero's favorite part of a joke? The PUNCH line!

eachapmEmily Chapman -- Two hydrogen atoms walk into a bar. One says "I've lost an electron." "Are you sure?" "I'm positive!"

mgwritermhaynesMarilee Haynes -- What did the taco say to the burrito? Where have you bean?

karenriversKaren Rivers -- Q: How many writers does it take to change a lightbulb? A: But why do we have to change it? (stolen from http://bit.ly/nDcwx6) Editor's Note (literally): This was especially pertinent as Karen was in the middle of a revision for me when she sent this (which has now been turned in, yay her!). For my own list of writing/editorial lightbulb jokes (with agents in the comments), click here.

tkreadtk read -- Stephen Hawking’s latest book about anti-gravity is so good - you can’t put it down.

notthemessengerSara Danver -- There are two muffins in an oven. One turns to the other and says man
it's hot in here. The other screams Ahh a talking muffin!!

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